Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show

Straight No Chaser is the place for jazz lovers (and those who will soon be jazz lovers) to enjoy podcasts with their favorite music and artists. Winner of the 2017 JazzTimes Readers' Poll for Best Podcast, your host Jeffrey Siegel will take you inside the world of jazz, from the new releases to the best festiva;s to remembrances of jazz legends.

Merry Christmas to you all. I am a practicing Jew who
does not celebrate Christmas as the birth of the messiah. However,
I can appreciate the universal themes of peace, love and
understanding that are prevelant this time of year, and so the
Offical Straight No Chaser song of Christmas Day is
"Peace", written by Horace...

Grammy-winning musician and composer Yusef Lateef, one of the
first to incorporate world music into traditional jazz, has died.
He was 93. “Brother Yusef” lived not far from me, and was a
towering figure among New England musicians. His appearance backstage at the
2013 Northampton Jazz Festival, which I helped...